EU Observer - Lead http://euobserver.com/ News feeds provided by Newslookup.com en Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:48 EDT Poland blocks EU research institute deal http://euobserver.com/9/26240 The EU has failed to agree where to place the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the EU's flagship innovation and education project, due to a Polish veto. But Hungary's capital Budapest looks certain to win the seat when the bloc returns to the issue in June. EU plans 'political MySpace' http://euobserver.com/9/26242 Plans are being developed to launch a social networking site for MEPs and MPs to boost contacts between politicians across Europe and promote a trans-European democracy. Milk strike spreads across Europe http://euobserver.com/9/26245 A strike by dairy farmers in Germany is spreading across the European Union, with counterparts in Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France joining in to put pressure on European supermarkets and corner stores. EU leaders unsure how to handle fuel crisis http://euobserver.com/9/26236 Fuel price protests threaten to spread around Europe in the run-up to the weekend following earlier action in the UK, France and Bulgaria, with EU leaders uncertain how to respond to the unfolding crisis France pushes for hard-nosed EU migration pact http://euobserver.com/9/26235 France will during its time at the EU helm in the second half of this year table a proposal for a "pact on immigration" that would make it harder for people to move to Europe. CO2 car advert rules threaten press freedom, media giants say http://euobserver.com/9/26231 Europe's media giants have attacked proposals to slap environmental cigarette-packaging-style 'health warnings' on car advertising in newspapers and magazine. They are warning that such advertising regulations would threaten the freedom of the press. Turkey calls for good behaviour from France http://euobserver.com/9/26225 Ankara has said that the reluctance of some member states to clearly say that it can one day be a full member of the EU is having a negative impact on the bloc's image in the country – a comment directed at Turkey-hostile France. Eastern EU states table alternative CO2 targets http://euobserver.com/9/26224 Updated 29 May Seven countries in central and eastern Europe have proposed a different distribution of carbon dioxide emission targets to those tabled by the European Commission, arguing that the new regime should take into account previous efforts of member states in curbing climate change.